Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Central Asia

Number of mobile subscriptions in Central Asia in 2024 — 74,071,458 subs.

2024 74.07M subs −6.89% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 84.72M subs2019
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Central Asia, 1960–2024025M50M75M100M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 0 subs1981: 0 subs1982: 0 subs1983: 0 subs1984: 0 subs1985: 0 subs1986: 0 subs1987: 0 subs1988: 0 subs1989: 0 subs1990: 0 subs1991: 0 subs1992: 0 subs1993: 500 subs1994: 1,302 subs1995: 8,331 subs1996: 19,410 subs1997: 31,254 subs1998: 61,296 subs1999: 97,088 subs2000: 268,088 subs2001: 746,815 subs2002: 1,288,357 subs2003: 1,846,628 subs2004: 3,439,575 subs2005: 7,029,652 subs2006: 13,934,727 subs2007: 22,696,903 subs2008: 35,488,533 subs2009: 45,001,127 subs2010: 54,768,543 subs2011: 68,583,697 subs2012: 69,735,342 subs2013: 72,264,787 subs2014: 73,003,444 subs2015: 72,003,039 subs2016: 74,388,717 subs2017: 69,330,726 subs2018: 73,868,753 subs2019: 84,717,020 subs2020: 77,233,703 subs2021: 79,560,045 subs2022: 75,960,793 subs2023: 79,549,373 subs2024: 74,071,458 subs
Change over the period: +74.07M

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central Asia

Central Asia 74.07M subs
World 9.01B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 74.07M −5.48M −6.89%
2023 79.55M +3.59M +4.72%
2022 75.96M −3.6M −4.52%
2021 79.56M +2.33M +3.01%
2020 77.23M −7.48M −8.83%
2019 84.72M +10.85M +14.69%
2018 73.87M +4.54M +6.55%
2017 69.33M −5.06M −6.8%
2016 74.39M +2.39M +3.31%
2015 72M −1M −1.37%
2014 73M +738,657 +1.02%
2013 72.26M +2.53M +3.63%
2012 69.74M +1.15M +1.68%
2011 68.58M +13.82M +25.22%
2010 54.77M +9.77M +21.7%
2009 45M +9.51M +26.8%
2008 35.49M +12.79M +56.36%
2007 22.7M +8.76M +62.88%
2006 13.93M +6.91M +98.23%
2005 7.03M +3.59M +104.38%
2004 3.44M +1.59M +86.26%
2003 1.85M +558,271 +43.33%
2002 1.29M +541,542 +72.51%
2001 746,815 +478,727 +178.57%
2000 268,088 +171,000 +176.13%
1999 97,088 +35,792 +58.39%
1998 61,296 +30,042 +96.12%
1997 31,254 +11,844 +61.02%
1996 19,410 +11,079 +132.99%
1995 8,331 +7,029 +539.86%
1994 1,302 +802 +160.4%
1993 500 +500
1992 0 +0
1991 0 +0
1990 0 +0
1989 0 +0
1988 0 +0
1987 0 +0
1986 0 +0
1985 0 +0
1984 0 +0
1983 0 +0
1982 0 +0
1981 0 +0
1980 0 +0
1979 0 +0
1978 0 +0
1977 0 +0
1976 0 +0
1975 0
1970 0
1965 0
1960 0

About the indicator

The number of active mobile cellular subscriptions. Subscriptions are counted, not people: one person can hold several SIM cards, and in countries where calls within a network are cheaper than calls between networks this is ordinary practice. That is exactly why the same indicator per hundred people in this catalog often runs above a hundred and fifty, and why the absolute series is easier to read: it speaks of the size of the market, not of the penetration of service.

Important: Subscriptions, not subscribers. Machine-to-machine connections — meters, cars, sensors — are counted differently from country to country.

Source: ICT Indicators (ITU), license ITU terms of use.